Silailja - Chiapas

Facts about Silailja

Location of Silailja

Silailja is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.141111
Latitude (dec): 16.763611

Height over sea level of Silailja

The locations medium height over sea level is 1260 meters.

Population in Silailja

The over all population of Silailja is 214 persons, 112 of them are male and 102 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 115 minors and 99 adults, with 15 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Silailja

214 inhabitants of the location Silailja in Mexico live in indigenous households. 175 of the citizens 5 years and older, speak an indigenous language. The count of people who only speak an indigenous language without having knowledge of the Spanish language is 67 people, while 108 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 211 citizens of Silailja.

Economic situation

In Silailja exist about 35 households.

Of these households 35 are common houses or apartments, 35 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

35 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 0 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 0 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Silailja

Besides the 35 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

24 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 61 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 10 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 13 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.